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Scania To Start Truck Production

November 2008 | Company News Alert

News: Swedish truck maker Scania and the Iraqi government have agreed to restart the production of trucks at a plant near Baghdad. Vice President of Scania, Klas Dahlberg has stated that the facility will have an annual production capacity of 3,000 vehicles.

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